2013 Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco, Stage 6 Beasain-Beasain 24 km ITT

[Miburo]

Let's get it over with.

Porte is the topfavorite obviously.

 

[jsem94]

I want to say Samu, he almost always gets a stage or so in the Pais Vasco.

But really:
Porte/Martin within 10 seconds of each other

Rest half a minute or more behind.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

How technical is it?

What is the wheather forcast?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Weening will 59x11 to the win

 

[keithmcmahon]

My forecast:

1. Martin
2. Porte
3. Castroviejo

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Porte could win it, but he is likely to go soft in the end.

Instead Martin or Malori FTW.

GC:
Porte
Spilak
Quintana

 

[Miburo]

How technical is it?

What is the wheather forcast?

I've heard it's a technical course, not sure about the weather.

 

[jens_attacks]

alberto is not in full shape so i think he will be caught by richie. richie will win. spilak to come second. henao to remain on the podium overall

 

[Catwhoorg]

Tony to win.

Porte to take GC

 

[the sceptic]

Porte
Martin
Castrovijeo
Henao
Kiryenka

 

[gmedina]

i want one of the colombians to win the GC but dont see it happening

 

[jens_attacks]

curious to see if malori still has the uber good shape from coppi e bartali

also will kiryienka get the green light to go full gas here?he can beat richie maybe

 

[Orbit501]

Will Betancur drop out of the Top Ten GC, and will Cunego leapfrog Ulissi I wonder?

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Last time Porte and Contador faced off in a TT, Contador beat Richie by a almost minute

http://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=22127

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Malori for the win obviously

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Will Betancur drop out of the Top Ten GC, and will Cunego leapfrog Ulissi I wonder?

Ulissi better TT'er than Cunego these days imo.


Sanchez looked pretty good on the last climb today, perhaps he can move up a bit.

 

[Orbit501]

Ulissi better TT'er than Cunego these days imo.


Sanchez looked pretty good on the last climb today, perhaps he can move up a bit.

Ulissi was stronger than Cunego on that last climb today too. I thought Cunego would have been the one to go with Samu on a wet descent today but he just seemed to go backwards on that climb.

 

[phanatic]

This is the stage everybody has been waiting for. Not only is it obviously the decisive one, but everybody wants to measure their form against one another. It'll be interesting to see how Bertie does against Porte. If Porte wins this, I don't see how Sky fails to 1-2 the Tour again.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Guys..guys..guys...

pv ITT has very little to do with actual ITT capabilites. For instance, last years ITT was similar to this year (even slightly easier) and Rodriguez finished in the top 10 and Mollema nearly won it.

So stop predicting Malori etc... not going to play a role. And the climbers won't lose much time, if they lose at all.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Ulissi was stronger than Cunego on that last climb today too. I thought Cunego would have been the one to go with Samu on a wet descent today but he just seemed to go backwards on that climb.

Cunego probably didn't want to take the same risk as Sanchez.

 

[Orbit501]

Cunego probably didn't want to take the same risk as Sanchez.

I take your point entirely, Sanchez needing to impress here but no such pressure on Cunego. But if you see how he & Ulissi positioned themselves going into that final climb and the way Cunego then went backwards on it, I think the intent was there but the legs weren't to be honest.

 

[ILovecycling]

This is the stage everybody has been waiting for. Not only is it obviously the decisive one, but everybody wants to measure their form against one another. It'll be interesting to see how Bertie does against Porte. If Porte wins this, I don't see how Sky fails to 1-2 the Tour again.

Its not a benchmark,Tour is the Tour

 

[jens_attacks]

I take your point entirely, Sanchez needing to impress here but no such pressure on Cunego. But if you see how he & Ulissi positioned themselves going into that final climb and the way Cunego then went backwards on it, I think the intent was there but the legs weren't to be honest.

in coppi e bartali it was the same,ulissi the strongest so not a surprise.
both will end up working for scarponi in giro anyway

 

[gizzajob]

Guys..guys..guys...

pv ITT has very little to do with actual ITT capabilites. For instance, last years ITT was similar to this year (even slightly easier) and Rodriguez finished in the top 10 and Mollema nearly won it.

So stop predicting Malori etc... not going to play a role. And the climbers won't lose much time, if they lose at all.

Well then, the question is why the likes of Malori, Castroviejo, even Martin, decided to complete the last couple of stages in horrendous conditions unless they thought they had a chance tomorrow.

 

[qwerty16]

Guys..guys..guys...

pv ITT has very little to do with actual ITT capabilites. For instance, last years ITT was similar to this year (even slightly easier) and Rodriguez finished in the top 10 and Mollema nearly won it.

So stop predicting Malori etc... not going to play a role. And the climbers won't lose much time, if they lose at all.

Tony Martin in average TT-form was 3rd last year, Pinotti, Clement and Travis Meyer finished 15-25 seconds down.